2006-10-22 00:12:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
186 x 12% = answer
2006-10-22 00:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
If 186 is 100% how much would 12 be?
Cross multiply like this:
186 100%
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12 A
Where A is equal to 12x100 divided by 186 = result%
2006-10-22 00:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by The_4ox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the % key. You don't need it.
Devide the 12 by 186 and multiply the result by 100 and call it a percentage.
I note that another answer is 186 / 100 = 1.86 = 1%
1.86 x 12 = 22.*** (can't remember the exact figure and don't have a calculator close). This is 12% of 186 and not the percentage of 186 that is 12.
2006-10-22 00:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by jemhasb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divide 12 by 186 and then multiply by 100.
2006-10-22 00:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by daca_moracca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12/186 X 100 is the percentage
2006-10-22 00:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by angle_of_deat_69 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12/186*100
divide 12 by 186 then multiply it by 100
2006-10-22 03:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you divide 12 by 186 and multiphy by 100
ie (12/186)*100
2006-10-22 00:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by Stuart T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In your example, divide the smaller number by the larger number and multiply by 100:
(12/186)x100 = 6.45 %
But you can also ask the question "what percent is 186 of 12?"
(186/12)x100 = 1550%
In general, if you want to know what % x is of y, it's just 100(x/y)
2006-10-22 00:16:35 · answer #8 · answered by Jimbo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Percent (%) means per one hundred (a century is 100 years and a cent is a 100th of a dollar, right?).
If there are 100 people in a room and 25 are wearing red shirts then 25 per 100 or 25% are wearing red shirts. That is a ratio that may be constant (25% of 200 people would be 50 people with red shirts).
To solve your problem, first find the ratio of your items 12/186 = 0.0645... then find out how many that would be per 100.
0.0645 x 100 = 6.45 or 6.45% or (6.45 per hundred).
Notice that 6.45% is merely easier to work with (especially in comparisons with other data) than 12/186ths which is hard to visualize but equally correct.
2006-10-22 01:57:10 · answer #9 · answered by Kes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12/186=*100=answer
2006-10-22 00:17:22 · answer #10 · answered by Jo. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another way of asking that question is: 12 is (=) what percent of (x) 186
12=what % x 186
12/186=what %
.0645=what %
6.45%
2006-10-22 00:28:09 · answer #11 · answered by Laurie V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋